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Tired of watching other polar explorers get all the glory? Then this could be your lucky break (uh, we mean opportunity)! Jim McNeill intends to train 23 novices that will have the chance to take part in a world record attempt at reaching the Arctic Pole, due to start in February 2006. Arctic explorer launches hunt for new volunteers to make polar historyA UK-wide call for volunteers to undergo intensive and comprehensive Arctic training using the wording of Sir Ernest Shackleton's advertisement of 1912 has been issued by...